90
AN GAODHAL.
II. — North-Western Division.
5. Ross and Cromarty 70467 56,767
6. Iverness 86,389 60,447
II — North Eastern Division.
7. Nairn 8,847 1,068
8. Elgin (or Moray) 45,089 1,273
9. Banff 59,783 330
10. Aberdeen 269,047 694
11. Kincardine 35,465 18
IV. — East Midland division.
12. Forfar 268,653 590
13. Perth 13,282 14,537
14. Fife 172,131 126
15. Kinross 7,330 15
16. Clackmannan 24,025 86
V. — West Midland Division.
17. Stirling 106,883 441
18. Dumbarton 78,182 1,483
19. Argyle 80,761 50,113
20. Bute 17,634 3,725
VI. — South-Western Division
21. Renfrew 325,611 4,199
22. Ayr 217,630 649
23. Lanark 942,193 31,500
VII — South-Eastern Division
24. Linlithow 44,005 47
25. Edinburg 388,336 2,145
26. Haddington 38,510 295
27. Berwick 35,213 43
28. Peebles 13,688 3
29. Seilkirk 26,346 8
VIII — Southern Division.
30. Roxburgh 52,592 25
31. Dumfries 76,167 17
32. Kircudbright 42,290 11
33. Wigtown 38,448 28
It will be seen from the above that the chief Gael-
ic-sperking counties are Ross and Cromarty, Iver-
ness, Argyle, Southerland, and Perth In Caith¬
ness, about 1 in 10 of the population speak Gaelic,
and in Dumfriesshire 1 in 4500. The 11,500
Gaelic-speaking in Lanark is accounted for by the
number of Highlanders in Glasgow, who number
8517. In the city of Edinburg the number is
1770
ORGANIZATION.
Every reader of the GAEL could organize a phi-
lo-Celtic society. It could be done this way. — Get
half a dozen of your friends or acquaintances, who
are favorable to the cultivation of Irish sen
timent, to meet at a specified place and time, when
you so meet organize at once, and call such organ-
ization by whatever name you please. Get cheap
text books, avoid unnecessary expense ; get some
one who speaks the language to give the proper
pronunciation ; lay provincialism aside; permit no
acrimonious discussion. Irish as well as all other
languages has a peculiar construction which none
but the person who speaks it can convey to you.
Organize, then, at once a meeting or two in
each week, and we will warrant that you will be
well pleased with your exertions.
Osmhego, an t-ochtmhadh lá deug
de Bhealtaine, míle ocht g-ceud dhá agus
ceire fichid.
D' Fhear-eagair an Ghaedhail. —
A Shaoi. — Tabhair cead dam, le do
thoil, beagán do rádh timchioll an obair
dhian a tá dul thart anois. Go meuduigh
muintir na h-Éireann an t-eolas air a
d-teanga féin, agus mur nach le na fear-
aibh mhaithe baintear an foghmhar, tá buil-
e air na scoláiribh maithe anois mar
gheall air an g-cabhair bheurfadh do pháip-
eur nuadh do 'n Ghaedhilig sonnrach, gan
cead iarradh orra neithibh an Ghaedhil, acht
is doigh liom go bh-fuil tú ábulta chum do
pháipeur a chosaint ó na fearaibh a mharbh-
óchadh é le cúram, nuair budh chóir dúinn
luthgháir mhór a bheith orrainn fá go bh-fuil
cumas againn ar d-teanga féin fhogh-
luim, mar tá go leor scoláiridh foghluim-
te anns a tír, acht budh chóir dóibh sioth-
chán a bheith 'n a measg; gan a bheith clam-
par air ce aca an ghé dhubh no an ghé bhán
an gandal. Fágaidís an cheist seo aig
an Saoi Magnear, agus bheirim mo
briathar dóibh go n-deunfaidh sé ceart í.
Baile Chraoch.
We have made arrangements to supply the fol-
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Language, at the prices named, post paid. —
O’Reilly's & O'Donovan's Irish English Dictionary, $7
Bourkes Easy Lessons in Irish .90
College Irish Grammar by the very Rev Ulick
J. Canon Bourke, P. P., M. R. I. A. .90
School Irish Grammar, By P. W. Joyce, L. L. D.,
T. C. D., M. R. I. A. .40
Irish Catechism. .20
O'Connellans English Irish Dictionary. .90
First Irish Book .10
Second Irish Book .15
Third Irish Book .20
Irish Head-line Copy Book .15
Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne. Part I. .45
Foras Feasa air Eirinn; or Dr. Keating's History
of Ireland in the original Irish, with new Trans-
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